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Black Hebrew Prophets (Gothic)

Posted on May 8, 2025 by zjb

David, Moses, Noah, Abraham (ca.1408–10) are painted darkly with tempera on wood and gold ground. By Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), each has their own identifying emblem. At the newly installed European galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells us … Continue reading →

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Poppies (Michal Rovner)

Posted on October 7, 2024 by zjb

For October 7, I am posting electronic copies of these images from Michal Rovner’s Pragim series. They were shown at Pace Gallery last year, from which I am freely cribbing. Rovner works with prints, video, and installations. Her work combines … Continue reading →

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(Defaced) Kidnapped (Flyers)

Posted on July 5, 2024 by zjb

Now iconic images of hostages from the south of Israel taken by Hamas on October 7 appeared everywhere in the thousands. First in NYC, they are impossible not to see. The original paper flyers sported a red banner at the … Continue reading →

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(This House) Shabbat on the Kibbutz (Tigist Yoseph Ron)

Posted on April 10, 2024 by zjb

“This house no longer exists….The house went up in flames on October 7 in Hamas’ attack on Be’eri. I went over family photos and chose to focus on a picture of life that deliberately perpetuates the past – the house … Continue reading →

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(Secular Icons) Poster Protest Art (Liberal Israel)

Posted on March 23, 2023 by zjb

An article here at Ha’aretz about a group of graphic art and design people creating posters against the regime coup in Israel. The activists formed a group whose work is offer at this Hebrew language FB page: Democracy Will Win” … Continue reading →

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(Democracy) Red Line (Jerusalem)

Posted on March 16, 2023 by zjb

Artist-activists draw a red line in Jerusalem connecting the Russian Compoun and the Supreme Court The organizer released this startement in Hebrew which I google-translated: A red and pink stripe will be painted along the way, marking the inseparable connection … Continue reading →

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Red Sunset on the Dnieper (Dnipro) (1905-8)

Posted on August 3, 2022 by zjb

In solidarity, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has put up in “Gallery 800” this painting by Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi. “This scene shows a sunset over the river Dnieper, which originates west of Moscow and runs south into the Black Sea. … Continue reading →

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Light Object Held in Place (Helen Pashgian)

Posted on December 23, 2021 by zjb

I especially liked the two large lenses at the recent show by Helen Pashgian, an early member of the 1960s Light and Space Movement. Instead of the more diffuse light effect in the Light Art of Turrell and others, the … Continue reading →

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(Franz Marc) Fox (Holocaust)

Posted on May 3, 2021 by zjb

Thinking about Laura Levitt’s The Objects That Remain after seeing this news article here about the return of this lost property. It’s an amazing painting by German expressionist artist Franz Marc. The legal details are a little complicated and of … Continue reading →

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(Jacob Lawrence) Black Americans & the American Revolution (Struggle)

Posted on February 4, 2021 by zjb

  This richly illustrated article here by Rachel Himes at Jacobin about Struggle: From the History of the American People, the 1954-1956 series of 30 panels by Jacob Lawrence illuminating the place of Black Americans in the American Revolution. The … Continue reading →

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